Cape Town City Hall lights up in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Western Cape, South Africa (03 March 2022) – Cape Town City Hall was illuminated in blue and yellow last night — the colours of the flag of Kyiv — as a symbol of solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Yesterday Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, wrote to Mr Vitali Klitschko, the Mayor of Kyiv, to express the City of Cape Town’s solidarity with the struggle Ukraine’s capital city and indeed the whole of Ukraine is facing.
“I informed Mr Klitschko that the City of Cape Town stands alongside other nations and cities around the free world in calling for peace in Ukraine and an end to Russian imperialist aggression.
The people of Kyiv are a proud, patriotic and resilient people who have endured a long history of conflict. They have built their city into a prosperous economic and cultural hub, one that faces destruction at this very moment.”
The gesture of illuminating Cape Town’s City Hall in Kyiv’s colours serves as a reminder of the torment the city and its residents are facing. Through this small gesture, the mayor is also calling on the national government — and other governments around the world — to do more for peace to be restored and for the unprovoked and illegal aggression against the Ukrainian people to be halted.
“As leaders and human beings, we must always take a firm stand against imperialism and the violence that it brings. I will not hesitate to continue to spread the message of peace and solidarity as far and wide as possible.”
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